Since Sept. 4, the Walker Fire has grown to consume over 50,000 acres, making it the largest wildfire in California this year. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had grown to 53,186 acres and was at 67% containment, according to InciWeb.
The fire has charred parts of the Plumas National Forest, about 11 miles east of Taylorsville, California. The Murdock Crossing and Stoney areas are still under a mandatory evacuation on orders from the Plumas County Sheriff, though all other areas previously under mandatory evacuation have been reduced to an advisory-evacuation level. On Sept. 8, the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite took a photo of the Walker Fire with the combination of natural color overlaid with false-color composite to further emphasize the burned areas, according to NASA.